Unadkat not playing was a disappointment. He's one of the more promising T20 bowlers in India, and has an impressive strike rate which keeps his average under 20 (before the last match), even with an economy over seven. He's tall, moves the ball and gets good bounce, so in the 20-over event he should be in with a shout.

Another prospect nobody talks about is Anand Rajan from MP/Sunrisers. Shami Ahmed has amazing T20 stats over 22 games, but struggles to get a game for Kolkata, while pie-pelting Bhatia gets plenty. Even Mithun, another subject of jokes, has done very well in this year's SMAT and even last year's, and has improved drastically as a T20 bowler, although Bangalore's bench is loaded with Indian seamers, and would struggle to give all a game even with Zaheer and Pankaj injured.

"Talent is nothing without opportunity"
"You're not remembered for aiming at the target, but hitting it"

I think his international career is slipping away by the day. He's just too inconsistent. Too bad when he's off form.

He isn't so good in the shorter formats,
looks more like a test match bowler, IPL is still ok, but for internationals, he shouldn't be playing ODIs or T20s until he improves his death bowling, he should get an opportunity for the longer formats, his style of bowling would be more effective if he gets a bit more freedom. His fitness level is pretty good and always looks to attack the batsmen.

He isn't so good in the shorter formats,
looks more like a test match bowler, IPL is still ok, but for internationals, he shouldn't be playing ODIs or T20s until he improves his death bowling, he should get an opportunity for the longer formats, his style of bowling would be more effective if he gets a bit more freedom. His fitness level is pretty good and always looks to attack the batsmen.

On the other hand, Dinda should be a T20 specialist only- since he was doing well in T20s before this IPL. His FC average over 55 games is over 30, which is poor- Vinay Kumar and Pankaj Singh run rings around him, and their averages say so. Even then, this little bouncy man will be slipping out of contention a lot sooner since the blokes he will have to replace have outperformed him in this IPL.

IPL is like indian masala movies.. and too much masala isn't good for you (except the movies that salman khan is starring.. simply because salman is better than any actors and cricketers in the world) ..it is just killing it for me.. they should make this short and sweet.. long tournament..